THURSDAY. MARCH 31. 1955
'Constructive' Articles
Demanded by Wilson
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Al—Secretary of Defense Charles E.
Wilson today set up a new standard for military articles Written
by anybody in his department—they must be constructive.
He also ordered the Army, Navy and Air Force to use civilians
instead of officers to head their public information serVices.
These civilians would be respon
sible to the secretaries of the var
ious services. One purpose may
be tti end a situation in which a
public information officer might
be called on to approve or disap
prove the brainchild of a superior
officer.
The order setting up the "con
litilyctive" criterion for writings
said they would have to be cleared
for security, as in the past.
It went on to say they would
also be stibjected "to a determi
nation of whether release or pub
lication of the material would con
stitute a constructive contribution
to the primary mission of the De
partment of Defense."
Also in tdday's orders from Sec
retary Wilson's office was on di
recting that the number of min
= s
rriation d e u n t La:
be in r
e p d u u b c l e l
one-third •to one-half. A spokes-
Man said it' had been determined
that the services hadn't carried
out instructions given last year
to reduce the number of such in
formation people in Washington
by about 25 per cent.
The edict of being "construe-
rive" applies to manuscripts of
all kinds, speeches, press releases,
photographs or "other informs
, non." It applies to civilian per
scinriel as well as military.
Polio Drug
Reported
Effective
NEW YORK, March 30 (M—A
news story today declared the
Salk polio vaccine has been found
100 per cent effective.
ut polio officials said there's
been no authoritative word, that
only one man knows the results,
and he isn't talking.
And reports of a few cases of
polio among vaccinated children
indicated the official report, when
it Comes, would k be a veidict of
something lass than 100 Per cent.
That could still mean a good use
ful vaccine.
In a copyrighted sto r y, the
New York World-Telegram and
Sun said it had learned Aron), an
unimpeachable medical source"
that not a single child taking the
vaccine' had developed polio. It
said this was the gist of the re
port to be made officially April
12 by Dt. Monies Francis Jr. at
the University of Michigan.
Bid Dr. Francis replied "die
official report has not been writ
ten."
The medical director of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Dr. Rini Z. Van Riper,
declared "only Dr. Francis knot's
whether .or not the Salk vaccine
is effective and, if effective i to
what extent. Neither the National
Foundation nor anyone elle hes
received any inferrhatiOn front Dr.
Francis."
Committee Reports
.On Yalta Meeting
WASHINGTON, March 30 Ol
A Senate Republican Policy' Com
mittee report contended today
that Franklin 1:), Roosevelt knew
three months before the Feb. 1945,
Yalta conference . that Russia
would "enter the PaCific War.
In a 12,000-word suinniarization
lof the Yalta papers which Chair
man Styles Bridges (R.-N.H.) said
would be made aVailabie to Re
publican speakers the committee
staff said "the Ai-bomb was in
Mr. Roosevelt's pocket bite tooth
before Yalta."
These statements were by way
of reply to Democratic arguments
it was necessary for President
Roosevelt ,to make concessions to
Marshal Stalih at Yalta in order
to get Russia into the War against
Japan.
President Eisenhower has said
there was nothing t,.+ be gained
going back 10 years to decide it
somebody Was wrong or right But
Bridges and Sen. William Know
land of California, the Senate
GOP leader, Said they intend to
discuss Yalta on Oceasions they
feel appropriate,
Red Drive Awaited
MATSU ISLAND Un--The com
mander of, the Chinese Nationalist
garrison on this far edge of the
free world expects the Commu
nists to attack at any time but
will not commit himself to a date. •
Col. thin told visiting newsmen
today "it looks as though they in
tend to come pretty soon, Maybe
tomorrow, maybe next week—or
it might' be next year, you can't
tell."
OPENING IFC WEEKEND
April I and 2
The Taming of the Shrew
a boisterous farce-comedy
Tickets at Mie NVO War Stage
Imported OH Cuts Jobs
AL'ItiONA, Pa. u&—A flood of
imported fuel oil is washing out
the jobs Of Pentisylvania's coal
filtiers and railroad Workers, ac
cording to testimony before a Sen
ate Labor subcommittee.
The subcommittee, headed by
Sen. Matthew M. Neely, (D-W.Va.),
heard a parade o business, union
And political leaders at a four-hour
bearing on unemployment yester
day here in the heart of economical
ly ,harti-Preesed central PennsYl-
Sub Is Seaworthy
GROTON / Conn., March 30 VP)
—The atorruc submarine Nautilus,
with 3000 Miles of tests and a
couple of minor mishaps behind
her, is ready to Join the Navy's
fleet of fighting
dmdr. Eagene P. Wilkinson,
captain of the first' nuclear sub
niersible,• said today builder's
trials of the bit, 3,000-ton boat are
finished, and the next step will
be a demonstration for a Navy
Beard of Acceptance.
Wilkinson, in a news conference
held at the Electric Boat Division
of General Dynamics Corp. where
the Nautilus was built, said the
submarine wasgiven "tough
btit the boat's performance
wise "exciting and amazing."
The sea trials included 89 dives
and several hundred miles of
travel underwater.
There was an "agonizing" mo
ment of anitiety as the Nautilus,
'eat lan. 17,started backing • away
from her ier for the first tests.
The engineer officer telephoned
the bridge to say there was a dis
turbing, rubber sound in a tur
bine driving a propeller shaft.
Power was transferred quickly
from direct steam drive to a slow
er electrical drive and the Naulti
lus cautiously completed her
swing into the Thames River.
The noise, it was discovered,
came from a plate rubbing
caused by a loose screw. It was
fixed promptly.
COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
fllE DAILY
Rebellion Qiielled,
Normalcy Returns
To Nebraska Jail
LINCOLN, Neb., March 30 (IP)
—A 65-hour revolt by eight Ne
braska penitentiary convicts end
ed quietly today, on terms laid
down by the governor.
Released unharmed anu little
the worse for nearly three days
of detention at knife point were
two guards and a hostage convict.
Since Sunday morning, convicts
and captives had been barricaded
in the square, three-story prison
"jail" building used to house re
calcitrant prisoners.
The windup to the odd war of
nerves began about 11 p.m. Tues
day when the hungry rebels tele
phoned to ask for interviews.
Gov. Victor E. Anderson talked
with four of the men, one at a
time.
Ho told them what punishment
tiey would get-15 days in the
"hole" and 60 days in solitary con
finement.
The "hole" is the' name given
the. first floor of the holdout build
ing, containing small, barren cells.
The upper two f1...0rs have con
finement cells.
, All eight rebels accepted the
punishment order and at 3:15 a.m.,
the two guards walked out of the
captive building into the glare of
floodlights.
Island Ringed
By Chinese
MATSU ISLAND, March 30 (A 3)
—This craggy island—perilous
bone of contention in Asia—is
ringed by possibly 120,000 Chi
nese Red troops on the nearby
mainland.
"It looks as though they intend
to come pretty soon. Maybe to
morrow, maybe next week. Or it
might be next year. You can't
tell."
This is Col. Hua, the garrison
commander, speaking today to
visiting newsmen. The censors
withheld his full name.
A. little more than nine miles
to the north lies the Red main
land. It is visible today despite
the mist. There the Communists
are busy, busier than they've ever
been. The smell of trouble is in
the air.
The next anxious moment came
during the first dive.
Two small fires in electrical
panels
. smoked up. This was
straightened ou t immediately.
Then there was one day of storm
when a *aye bashed in a piece of
outer steel sheathing on the con
ning tower structure and ripped
up some wood planking.
Wilkinson says this is his fifth
new submarine assignment "and
1 believe • the Nautilus has devel
oped far less than her share of
troubles."
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A fialnt Turned Sinner
"The Sleeping Tiger"
Mirk Bot•rd . Alexia thaith
Alexander Knox
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Nam Civil War
Viet
Sets
Uneasy Truce
SAIGON, South Viet Nam, Thursday, March 31 (ill—Premibr
Ngo Dinh Diem's Nationalist forces and Binh Xuyen former river
pirates maintained an uneasy truce today in South Viet Nam's
"little civil war."
The truce was arranged by Gen. Paul Ely, French commissioner
general, in talks with the Ameri
can-supported Premier and a rep
resentative of Gen. Le Van Vien,
Binh Xuyen commander and once
czar of Saigon's organized vice.
The truce went into effect at 7
p.m. yesterday for 24 hours to
give tempers time to cool before
negotiations start for a firmer
settlement.
Saigon Was Quiet
Saigon was quiet in the wake
of clashes early Wednesday be
tween government forces and mo
bile units of Binh Xuyen's pri
vate army that left at least 26
dead and 112 wounded.
Warned by the government and
the French, foreigners, Vietna
mese, and Chinese residents kept
within their homes. The French
expeditionary force took over pro
tection of the French section.
About 17,000 foreigners, including
1000 members of U.S. diplomatic,
military, and economic missions,
live in the French section. No
foreigners were reported wound
ed in the fighting.
Ominous Tension
There was an ominous tension
around the national police head
quarters in the center of the cap
ital, still held by the Binh Xuyen.
There soldiers armed with sub
machineguns crouched behind
barricades and sandbags.
Ely conferred with Gen. J. Law
ton Collins, former U.S. Army
chief of staff and now President
Eisenhower's special envoy to
Viet Nam, on means for protect
ing the foreign residents.
The United Front, whose riri
vate armies total between 30,000
and 40,000 demanded in a cable
to Vietnamese chief of state Boa
Dal yesterday that he oust Diem
as Premier. Bao Dal is in France.
Observatories to Open
Observatories at the University
will be open to the public for ob
servation of the moon and Jupi
ter tomorrow and Friday from 8
to le p.m.
Since evn thin clouds prevent
a satisfacto ty view of celestial ob
jects, the observatories will not be
open unless the sky is reasonably
clear, explains Dr. Carl A. Bauer,
assistant professor of physics.
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Bevan Receives
Another Chance
LONDON, March 30 (IP)—Br#-
ain's Labor party gave Aneurin
Bevan one more chance today but
warned it would take drastic ac
tion if the leftwing leader vio
lated party discipline again.
The National Executive voted
to keep Bevan in the party after
the rebellious Welshman gave a
written, promise never again to
challenge the leadership of Cleat
ent Attlee.
While he remains within the
party ranks, Bevan still has to be
welcomed back into Labor's dele
gation in Parliament.
Failure to kick Bevan out of the
party gave the Laborites at least
an outward facade of solidartiy—
something they have not had In
many months.
Today's action was in the na
ture of a compromise—a move to
close the gaps in the Socialist
party's ranks should a general
election be called this summer or
autumn.
According to rules Bevan must
apply to get back into Labor's
parliamentary delegation. His ap
plication would have to be ap
proved by the Laborites in the
House of Commons Who, by a
vote of 141-112 on March 16, boot
ed him out.
Air Force Career Men
Receive Pay Increase
► WASHINGTON, March 30 071—
Congress, moving rapidly an d
without objection, today voted a
pay raise averaging about 12 per
cent for career personnel in the
armed forces.
Adopted by voice vote on both
sides of the , Capitol, the measure
went to President Eisenhower for
signature. If he acts tomorrow,
the increases for nearly 1,700,000
officers and men will become ef
fective the next day.
The administration-backed bill
was designed to keep personnel
with experience and specialized
talents from dropping out of serv
ice.
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